fiat money

English

Noun

fiat money (countable and uncountable, plural fiat moneys or fiat monies)

1. (banking, economics) A type of currency that is not backed by a precious metal, such as gold or silver, and is typically designated by the issuing government to be legal tender, and authorized by government regulation.

   Synonym: fiat currency

Translations

money that is given a legal value

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法定貨幣／法定货币 (zh) (fǎdìng huòbì)

• Dutch: fiduciair geld n, fiatgeld n
• Esperanto: fidata mono
• Finnish: fiat-raha (fi)
• French: monnaie fiduciaire (fr)
• Italian: moneta fiat f or n
• Polish: pieniądz fiducjarny m
• Portuguese: moeda fiduciária f
• Romanian: monedă fiduciară (ro) f
• Spanish: moneda fiduciaria f
• Swedish: fiatpengar